Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee are the first states to win the controversial waivers, Obama announced Thursday, but there is a catch. Instead of following the law that was president George W. Bush’s signature education initiative, the states had to agree to follow the key education reforms championed by Obama’s Education Department. States are swapping one president’s education vision for another, and both involve the overuse of high-stakes standardized tests.

spot on.
we’re seeking a waiver of waivers..
cc Congressman Jared Polis Barack Obama Bill Gates Warren Buffett Tony Hsieh Diane Ravitch Deborah Meier

“Do one thing everyday that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
imagine if the one thing that scares you, is way less risky than what we’re doing as routine..
imagine if it’s the thing that could change the world for good.
no?

collaboratory, one small test base to really be bold about change:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aWMcnasb_sBhSfRnbfuqQLQBLVXPebP4Jbtcr2a71PA/edit?hl=en_US